| PA Welcomes US "Commitment" to Mideast Peace Process Sat, 14 May 2011 20:19:38 +0300 Ramallah, May 14 (Saba) - The Palestinian Authority (PA) has welcomed the US administration''s commitment to push forward the Mideast peace process, following the announcement of the resignation of the US envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell after two |
| NATO denies attacking DPRK embassy in Tripoli Thu, 12 May 2011 20:16:46 +0300 BRUSSELS, May 12 (Saba) -- NATO on Thursday dismissed media reports that a NATO air strike damaged the embassy of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in Tripoli, according to Xinhua. |
| Nuclear reactor at Fukushima plant damaged worse-than-expected Thu, 12 May 2011 20:15:49 +0300 TOKYO, May 12 (Saba) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the operator of Japan's troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, said Thursday that one of the reactors has been damaged more severely than originally estimated, according to Kuwait News Age |
| US Drone Attack Kills Seven Thu, 12 May 2011 20:14:53 +0300 Islamabad, May 12 (Saba) - A US drone fired two missiles into a vehicle in North Waziristan in Pakistan on Thursday, killing five suspected militants, local security officials said, according to Qatar News Agency (QNA). |
| S. Korean, US Marines to Hold Joint Drill Thu, 12 May 2011 20:13:30 +0300 Seoul, May 12 (Saba) - South Korean and US marines will stage their first joint drill on islands near the Yellow Sea border with North Korea this year, in a show of force to the North that its provocations won't be tolerated, officials said Thursday, acco |
| NATO Aircraft Hits Libyan Tripoli Thu, 12 May 2011 20:10:30 +0300 Tripoli, May 12 (Saba) - Four rockets struck the compound of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Thursday, killing at least two people, a government spokesman told CNN, according to Qatar News Agency (QNA). |
| Afaghanistan "must not be abandoned" -- commander Wed, 11 May 2011 20:59:03 +0300 LONDON, May 11 (Saba) -- The international community must make it clear it will not abandon Afghanistan after the security handover in 2014, the commander of British forces in the country has warned, according to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA). |
| Obama, NATO chief to discuss Libya, Afghanistan at White House Wed, 11 May 2011 20:55:01 +0300 WASHINGTON, May 11 (Saba) -- US President Barack Obama will welcome Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), to the White House on Friday, according to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA). |
| John Kerry to Visit Pakistan Next Week Wed, 11 May 2011 20:53:52 +0300 Washington, May 11 (Saba) - Chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry said he would travel to Pakistan early next week to help get bilateral ties back "on the right track" amid angry tensions over the US raid that killed Osama bin L |
| Iran Welcomes 5+1 Group's Return to Talks Wed, 11 May 2011 20:52:15 +0300 Tehran, May 11 (Saba) - Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili has welcomed the decision taken by the 5+1 group to return to talks on common ground for cooperation, according to Qatar News Agency (QNA). |
| UNICEF: Rural, poor children lagging behind in access to health Wed, 11 May 2011 13:30:17 +0300 AMMAN, May 11 (Saba)- UNICEF has said that although a number of countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have made considerable progress towards improving the health of mothers and children, disparities within these countries persist, m |
| Indonesia to send black boxes of plane crash to China Wed, 11 May 2011 13:27:17 +0300 JAKARTA, May 11 (Saba) -- The Indonesian government was to send data recorder and voice recorder of the black boxes of the Merpati airline's plane that crashed in West Papua on Saturday and killed all the 25 people on board to China for reading on Wednesd |
| William and Kate off on honeymoon Tue, 10 May 2011 18:22:00 +0300 LONDON, May 10 (Saba) -- The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have gone on honeymoon, the royal St James's Palace confirmed Tuesday, according to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA).
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| France warns nationals not to go with Gaza flotilla Tue, 10 May 2011 18:19:59 +0300 PARIS, May 10 (Saba) -- The French government formally warned nationals on Tuesday not to take part in a humanitarian flotilla operation which plans to break through Israel's maritime blockade of the Palestinian territory next month, according to Kuwait N |
| PM Kan says Japan to promote renewable energy after Fukushima accident Tue, 10 May 2011 18:18:29 +0300 TOKYO, May 10 (Saba) -- Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Tuesday the government will create a new energy policy and put more emphasis on the development of renewable energy, such as solar and wind power and biomass fuels, according to Kuwait News Ag |
| US Won't Apologize for Bin Laden Raid Tue, 10 May 2011 18:17:18 +0300 Washington, May 10 (Saba) - The US government has rejected criticism from senior Pakistani officials about the unilateral commando raid on a compound in Abbottabad that led to the killing of al-Qaeda chieftain Osama bin Laden, according to Qatar News Agen |
| Iran to try three U.S. hikers Mon, 09 May 2011 21:06:15 +0300 TEHRAN, May 9 (Saba) -- Iran will put three Americans facing espionage charges on trial on Wednesday, the state IRIB TV website reported, according to Xinhua. |
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